CJQB14 Translator Seminar

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Eva Rusínová
Division of Czech for Foreigners – Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Zuzana Muchová
Supplier department: Division of Czech for Foreigners – Department of Czech Language – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 15:50–17:25 zruseno D11
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students will translate short Czech literary texts with help of Czech native speaker.
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand and analyze the source texts at all levels; to learn to formulate the scopos of the target communication and text; to define the major strategy of a translation; to learn creative methods in the translation process; to explain own decisions how to translate a chosen text.
Syllabus
  • Jiří Kratochvil: Má lásko, Postmoderno.
  • Egon Bondy: Příšerné příběhy.
  • Ivan Wernisch: Doupě latinářů.
  • Petr Hruška: Vždycky se ty dveře zavíraly.
Literature
  • KRATOCHVIL, Jiří. Brno nostalgické i ironické. Vyd. 1. Brno: Petrov, 2001, 186 s. ISBN 80-7227-106-7. info
  • Handbuch Translation. Edited by Mary Snell-Hornby. 2., verb. Aufl. Tübingen: Stauffenburg, 1999, xii, 434. ISBN 3860579959. info
  • FIŠER, Zbyněk. Příšerné příběhy :1975-1986. Praha: MAŤA, 1995, 61 s. ISBN 80-901915-0-9. info
  • KRATOCHVIL, Jiří. Má lásko, postmoderno. Brno: Atlantis, 1994. ISBN 8071080934. info
  • WERNISCH, Ivan. Doupě latinářů : sežrané spisy. V Brně: Petrov, 1992. ISBN 8085247364. info
Teaching methods
Methods:
lectures, class discussion, group projects, homeworks.
Assessment methods
Portfolio with the owen translate texts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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